Rev. Mary Austin served churches in New Jersey and Michigan in various capacities, including head of staff, associate pastor, and hospice chaplain, before coming to GPC in 2020. She is a graduate of Wells College and holds a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. Rev. Austin enjoys working with the dedicated members and talented staff of GPC, listening together for where God is leading GPC. The author of Meeting God at the Mall and Ashes at the Coffeeshop, Resurrection at the Bus Stop, she also blogs from time to time at Stained Glass in the City. Rev. Austin and her husband, Carl Smith, have a daughter in college.

Rev. Mary Beth Lawrence is a native of South Carolina, and graduated from Furman University with a B.A. in history and from Columbia Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree. Prior to joining GPC in 2002, she served the First Presbyterian Church in Marietta, Georgia, for 15 years. While at GPC, Rev. Lawrence has met people from all over the world and has traveled to Africa and the Middle East to see what God is doing in those areas. She is happy to report that “The church is alive and well!” In Gaithersburg, Rev. Lawrence works with more than a hundred volunteers in the community and in the caring ministries of the church.

Carolyn and her husband, Stuart, have been active members of GPC since 1998. Since then, she has served in many capacities—Sunday School teacher, VBS teacher and director, Bridges to Worship leader, church elder, lay leader, and coordinator for FourthNight children’s activities. Carolyn has a degree in Modern Society and Social Thought from the University of California at Santa Cruz and worked in retail for 14 years. She found her calling teaching preschool – first at Gaithersburg First Baptist Church for 2½ years and then at Gaithersburg Presbyterian Preschool & Kindergarten for the next 16 years. In 2017, she heeded God’s call to move to her current position. Carolyn and Stuart are the parents of an adult daughter.

Carrie is a passionate youth pastor and Christ follower who has served in ministry for more than 26 years, at various levels of leadership and in many different settings. She loves youth and college students of all races, nationalities, and backgrounds, and for the last 6 years has enjoyed GPC’s loving community. Carrie has been described as creative, kind, a team player, compassionate, funny, outgoing, a leader, talkative, honest, and a Child of God. She enjoys traveling and seeing the world.

Wade is a pianist, organist, carillonneur, and composer who is passionate about congregational singing, the role of song in community building, working with choirs and ensembles, and celebrating a diverse spectrum of worship music. After winning competitions and earning two degrees in piano performance, Wade pursued a secular performance and composition career in the classical world before being drawn into ministry. He has served ministries of all sizes at Presbyterian, Lutheran, Catholic, and Baptist churches. When Wade is not working on music, he enjoys coffee, traveling, and trying to play soccer.